Commentary: Is: PLAY ALONG
Examples:
He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment.
I don't know where he's going with it, but just play along for now.
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play_along 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY ALONG
Examples:
Children love to play along on the piano and sing their favorite songs.
Is it ok to play the song along with the tape?
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play_along 2
Commentary: Is: PLAY AROUND
Examples:
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money.
I've been playing around with the idea of writing poetry for a while now.
Will you stop playing around? We are trying to get some work done here.
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play_around 2
Commentary: Is: PLAY AROUND
Examples:
He says that he is not merely interested in playing around with her.
He plays around a lot.
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play_around 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY BACK
Examples:
They played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent.
Play back the tape you just recorded and listen carefully.
She played back the incident over and over again in her head.
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play_back 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY DOWN
Examples:
A lawyer by profession, he knew he must mentally play down the danger.
Helen played down her disability despite its devastating effect.
She played down her influence on domestic politics.
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play_down 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY OFF
NOTE: Set as rivals often for an advantage.
Examples:
The winners will play off against each other in the Championship Cup.
Hungarian minimalism plays off against Polish expressionism.
Watt and the guitarist played off of each other putting on a great performance!
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PropBank: play.05
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play_off 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY OUT
Examples:
I wonder how this debate will play out.
The way the conference played out last year, you have to be ready every weekend.
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PropBank: play.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
play_out 1, 2, 3, 4
Commentary: Is: PLAY UP
Examples:
No need to play the story up. The magnitude of the event is implicit in the facts.
James Plum played up his life's setbacks as if they were 'gifts...even treasures'.
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PropBank: play.04
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play_up 1
Commentary: Is: PLAY UP
Examples:
Gillian Apps played up to her title, as she propelled her team to victory.
He's had some weeks where he hasn't played up to his expectations or ours.
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play_up
Commentary: Is: PLAY UP
Examples:
It's unbelievable how she plays up to her supervisors.
The cast members so obviously played up to the camera.
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PropBank: play.04
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play_up 2
Commentary: Includes: PLAY A JOKE ON PLAY A TRICK ON PLAY FALSE PLAY HOOKY PLAY IT BY EAR PLAY POSSUM
Examples:
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play_it_by_ear 1
play_hooky 1
play_false 1
play_a_joke_on 1
play_a_trick_on 1
play_possum 1